Phillies power past Blue Jays 7‑4 behind Luzardo

TORONTO (Interstat) — Jesús Luzardo pitched 5⅔ strong innings and Alec Bohm drove in three runs as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4 on Wednesday at Rogers Centre.

Luzardo (5-4) allowed one earned run on four hits with eight strikeouts. Jhoan Duran earned his 17th save with a scoreless ninth.

Bohm went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer in the third inning off Max Scherzer (1-4). Kyle Schwarber added a two-run shot in the fourth, his 24th, and finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Bryce Harper was 2-for-4 with a solo homer.

Philadelphia outhit Toronto 10-8. The Phillies scored one in the first, three in the third, two in the fourth and one in the seventh. Toronto got one in the sixth and three in the seventh, including two sacrifice flies by Ernie Clement and Kazuma Okamoto.

Attendance was 35,733. Time of game was 3:12.

The Phillies improved to 37-31, while the Blue Jays fell to 33-36.